100 Deadliest Days in Idaho Begin With 1 Fatality and 6 Injured in Accidents

The 100 Deadliest Days of Summer in Idaho began over the Memorial Day Weekend and included 3 accidents reported by the Idaho State Police.

Among the 3 reported accidents were 1 fatality, 6 people who reported injuries, and 1 who didn’t require aid. Four of the people were from Mexico, 1 from Utah, and 3 from Idaho.

2 From Mexico Involved in Fatal Crash on Idaho Road Over Memorial Day Weekend

The fatal accident reported by ISP happened on May 25th around 6:30 in the morning. The accident was a single-vehicle crash near the Dry Lake Road and Bowmont Road intersection in Canyon County.

Details from the Idaho State Police report include:

A red 2008 Nissan Armada, driven by a 36-year-old male with a 19-year-old male passenger, both from Mexico, was traveling westbound on Bowmont Road.

The driver failed to stop at a stop sign, where the vehicle left the roadway and came to rest in an embankment.

Neither occupant was wearing a seatbelt when the accident happened. The driver died at the scene, and the passenger was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.

Utah Driver Injured in Accident With Semi Truck on Idaho Highway

Idaho State Police responded to an accident between an SUV and a semi-truck on May 24th on US-26 in Bonneville County. The crash happened a few minutes before 2:40 PM at mile marker 386, according to the police report:

A 46-year-old male from Farmington, Utah, was traveling westbound on US26 in a 2020 black GMC Yukon.

The Yukon crossed over the center line and collided with a semi-truck that was headed eastbound.

The driver of the semi-truck, a 44-year-old male from Idaho Falls, and his passengers, a 52-year-old female from Idaho Falls, and a juvenile…sustained minor injuries.

All occupants of both vehicles were wearing seatbelts. The driver of the Yukon required transport to the hospital by air ambulance.

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Man and Woman from Mexico Involved in Rollover on Highway Near Twin Falls, ID

Also on May 24th, Idaho State Police reported an accident eastbound on I-84 near mile marker 183 a few minutes after 3 AM. ISP reported the following regarding the circumstances of the single-vehicle crash:

A grey 2013 Subaru Crosstrek was traveling westbound on I-84 when it left the roadway.

The driver overcorrected, lost control of the vehicle, and it overturned, coming to rest near E 990 S.

The driver, a 28-year-old man from Mexico, was wearing a seatbelt and did not require ambulance transport.

The passenger, a 27-year-old woman from Mexico, was not wearing a seatbelt and was transported by air ambulance to a local hospital.

Each accident in this story is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.